Improvement in buttons



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Letters Patent No.'67,267, dated July 30, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

*Be it known that I, VICTOR CI'IRLET, of Hoboken, Hudsoncounty, NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming partof this specification, in which- 1 Figure 1 represents aside view ofmyimproved button.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken on the line :v x, g.1.

Figure 3 is a botto-m view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a. sliding button fastening by which alstud orbutton can be fastened in its place with great ease, so that it cannever fall oi spontaneously, and so that it can be easily removed whendesired.

The invention consists in the use of a. dove-tail sliding-bar, which isfitted into a corresponding groove, provided in the shank of the button,and which has a slot by which it receives suilcient spring to be pressedagainst thesides of the slot, and thereby to be heldin place. When to`beinserted the bar' is pulled out, so that it only projects from one sideof the button, and when inserted it is moved back, so as to project fromboth sides of the same.

.A represents the button or stud, of suitable construction. B is its`shank, which is secured to the under side of the button by a'lat plate,C, or by two bars C', which, when in the button-hole, prevent-the'buttonfrom turning therein. In the face of the flat plate B is, 'at rightangles with the plate C, a groove, which is either dove-tailed or soarranged that a plate, D, that slides in' the said groove, will be heldtherein, The plate D is slotted, so as 'to have spring enough that itssides be pressed against the sides of the groovevinthe shank B. A

knob, a, On the end of the plate D, serves as a. handle for pulling itinto any desired position, and stops bb can be arranged 0n it to preventit from being pulled altogether out kof the groove.

When the button is to be attached, the plate is pulled out as far aspossible, so that only that end on which the' knob a is, will projectfrom the plate B. The button is then easily inserted, so that the plateC will be in line with the button-hole within the same. When inserted,-the plate D is pulled so that both its ends project from the shank B,as shown in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a. button or stud, A, with a grooved or slotted'shank, B, and sliding spring-platel),

all made and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein shownand described.`

v.VICTOR OHARLET.

Witnesses:

WM. F, MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

